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that's what people expect us to do and expect us to make the decisions. here at the 11th hour, we need to do that. there are opportunities for us to get that done. >> we aren't going to rely on the supercommittee and understand, this comes back to your question, even when march 1 comes and sequestration hits, we aren't going to rest. we are going to work and mitigate some of these consequences. [inaudible] >> there is a lot of talk about the house appropriation committee -- [inaudible] >> what's the tenor of that discussion? is that being considered and if so who is kind of involved? >> congressman forbes and myself have been involved in those conversations with the leadership both at the committee level of appropriations and with the conference leadership about how would we go about doing that. there are concerns about giving transfer authority and saying we will move money wherever you want. chairman forbes and i have been part of the discussion and say, let's identify the service branches to determine where the money is needed to really address the mos
that's what people expect us to do and expect us to make the decisions. here at the 11th hour, we need to do that. there are opportunities for us to get that done. >> we aren't going to rely on the supercommittee and understand, this comes back to your question, even when march 1 comes and sequestration hits, we aren't going to rest. we are going to work and mitigate some of these consequences. [inaudible] >> there is a lot of talk about the house appropriation committee --...
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bless us -- bless us this day and every day. may all that is done be for your greater honor and glory, amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance today will be led by the gentleman from vermont, mr. welch. mr. welch: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america planl i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. -- i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: the chair will entertain up to 15 oneman minute requests. >> mr. speaker, it has been more than four years since the white house operated under a budget. it's not a coincidence that each of these four years has brought a trillion-dollar keff sit. tennesseans from frustrated over
bless us -- bless us this day and every day. may all that is done be for your greater honor and glory, amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance today will be led by the gentleman from vermont, mr. welch. mr. welch: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america planl i pledge allegiance to the flag of...
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we need to help all of them and us to use this remarkable network in a positive way. now some may say not now. not while we have our budget. it's too expensive. believe me my friends, these challenges will not get easier with time. there is no pause button on the future. we cannot choose when we would like to stop and restart our global responsibility or simply wait until the calendar says it is more screents. -- convenient. it is not easy but responding the is the american thing to do. it is worth it. our investment in these programs help american companies compete abroad, which creates jobs here at home. it supports american citizens abroad, help them when they need it the most, which foster stable societies and save lives by fighting disease and hunger, which defend the universal rights of all people and advances freedom around the world, which brings people together and nations together and forge partnerships to forge problems that transcend the separation of oceans and borders on land. and it protects our planet to our chirne and their children. our investment in
we need to help all of them and us to use this remarkable network in a positive way. now some may say not now. not while we have our budget. it's too expensive. believe me my friends, these challenges will not get easier with time. there is no pause button on the future. we cannot choose when we would like to stop and restart our global responsibility or simply wait until the calendar says it is more screents. -- convenient. it is not easy but responding the is the american thing to do. it is...
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us priority to give us the preempt and allow us toraise dollars at the local level so we can invest. >> could be individual states to do that better in negotiation with at&t or sprint or verizon @? could we cut a better deal nationwide? >> you want to put the savings back into this structure. -- pricing structure. >> which then goes back to the fact we should have a governor on the panel.>> on behalf of my colleagues, territories are included. she said puerto rico was included. thank you. >> and puerto rico. rico. purteo rio >> thank you. [laughter]>> anything else? thank you very much. thank you for your comment. we should consider sending out another letter. this will be an issue in terms of maximizing the value of this and whether it becomes something that is intercepted by the governments, whether we actually have it so we can in chief-- achieve interoperability among our first responders. let's move into the next topic which is going to be the balance of this meeting. we're also joined from the governor of arizona and we think her work on these issues. -- by the governor of ariz
us priority to give us the preempt and allow us toraise dollars at the local level so we can invest. >> could be individual states to do that better in negotiation with at&t or sprint or verizon @? could we cut a better deal nationwide? >> you want to put the savings back into this structure. -- pricing structure. >> which then goes back to the fact we should have a governor on the panel.>> on behalf of my colleagues, territories are included. she said puerto rico...
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conyers to tell us stories about rosa parks, tell us stories about rosa parks. one that i think is appropriate at this time is that john -- john conyers first met her when he was just out of school. he traveled south to join the civil rights movement after law school and he met her then. she worked in his first campaign and she would later become his first congressional hire, the first person he hired on his congressional staff. what a beautiful connection. well, pretty soon mr. conyers found out that people were visiting the office to see rosa parks and not the congress. [laughter] in fact, she was invited all over the country to be honored. and how about this, mr. president, one day she went to him and she said she wanted to thank him for allowing her to be honored all over the country and would be willing to take a pay cut for her time away from the office. because of the leadership of the congressional black caucus and that of leader reid and then speaker hastert, rosa parks was the first woman to lie in state in the rotunda of the capitol of the united stat
conyers to tell us stories about rosa parks, tell us stories about rosa parks. one that i think is appropriate at this time is that john -- john conyers first met her when he was just out of school. he traveled south to join the civil rights movement after law school and he met her then. she worked in his first campaign and she would later become his first congressional hire, the first person he hired on his congressional staff. what a beautiful connection. well, pretty soon mr. conyers found...
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what kills us is killsbelly fat. -- kills us is the belly fat. our ancestors needed to store fat in times of famine. stress is the number one reason we accumulate fat there. the reason that is true is because of what was stressed? a famine. we did that have enough food. you turned out for months to force you to eat. -- hormones to force you to eat. he can go to c-span.org. in the u.s. house is about to gavel in. members will start with one- minute speeches on any topic. they will consider one bill today renaming a california flight center honoring the first man on the moon, and neil armstrong. the first vote will happen at about 6:30 p.m. the house changes to a senate bill on the violence against women act. in the senate is also meeting today. they will battle and in just a moment. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. scloip the speaker's room, washington, d.c. -- the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, d.c., february 25, 2013. i hereby appoint the honorable stev
what kills us is killsbelly fat. -- kills us is the belly fat. our ancestors needed to store fat in times of famine. stress is the number one reason we accumulate fat there. the reason that is true is because of what was stressed? a famine. we did that have enough food. you turned out for months to force you to eat. -- hormones to force you to eat. he can go to c-span.org. in the u.s. house is about to gavel in. members will start with one- minute speeches on any topic. they will consider one...
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they have asked us, they have given us the privilege to do that for them. we're hear, minds focused, sleeves rolled up, because we know we have work to do. we know we need to have a leader of this country who is ready to get to work. my friends, i don't think there is any doubt in november, the american people decided they knew who they wanted to be their leader for the next four years. [cheers and applause] we are very pleased that today we convey a message to our president, barack obama that we are ready to work. we see what it means to work. under the leadership of our leader and then speaker nancy pelosi we work with president obama to make sure we turn -- we turn an economy that was hemorrhaging 800,000 jobs a month. we have turned it into a economy that has created 6 million jobs over the last three years. under the leadership of president obama and our leader nancy pelosi, we have helped 105 million americans who no longer have to fear if their child contracts diabetes or in an accident that they will run out of insurance before that child is ready t
they have asked us, they have given us the privilege to do that for them. we're hear, minds focused, sleeves rolled up, because we know we have work to do. we know we need to have a leader of this country who is ready to get to work. my friends, i don't think there is any doubt in november, the american people decided they knew who they wanted to be their leader for the next four years. [cheers and applause] we are very pleased that today we convey a message to our president, barack obama that...
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host: you can join us on the twitter page or send us an e- mail. as you look back at the 2012 election, was it the message for the messenger that failed? guest: that is the debate going on in the republican party. a lot of my friends a it was the messenger. i would argue gov. romney with all of the debates -- he was forced to take the stage he would not qualify to take the president of the u.s. states and take positions that were out of step with what the country is. the question came up not only in the primary but the debates of president obama, if you were offered a deal on the budget that had $10 of spending cuts for every dollar of tax increases are revenue, would be to the deal. he said no. that is the nut is thing i have ever heard. ronald reagan would have grabbed that with both hands. but the time we got to the general election, obama has been attacked so far to the right. but the time he got back, it was too late. the campaign did a brilliant job of focusing on the eight swing states. they began advertising before conventional wisdom said
host: you can join us on the twitter page or send us an e- mail. as you look back at the 2012 election, was it the message for the messenger that failed? guest: that is the debate going on in the republican party. a lot of my friends a it was the messenger. i would argue gov. romney with all of the debates -- he was forced to take the stage he would not qualify to take the president of the u.s. states and take positions that were out of step with what the country is. the question came up not...
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i voted for the rule, which allows us that opportunity. let us take it. the change -- changes house republicans made in their version significantly weaken its provisions. i want to say some republicans. i want to make that clear. not all. and protecting victims of domestic violence and empowering law enforcement to keep our people safe from these crimes. the house republican bill owe mitts critical protections for native americans, for lgbt americans and for immigrants. furthermore, the house republican bill removes protections for students on campus, victims of human trafficking and those who've experienced rape or stalking. why? why not protect everybody, all americans? when we fail to protect all victims, abusers can get away with the abuse and repeat it. maments, congress ought not to be playing -- madam speaker, congress ought not to be playing with the lives of women and all those who suffer from domestic violence. we it owe it to the families, law enforcement, prosecutors to make sure that the violence against women act work and can meet the challe
i voted for the rule, which allows us that opportunity. let us take it. the change -- changes house republicans made in their version significantly weaken its provisions. i want to say some republicans. i want to make that clear. not all. and protecting victims of domestic violence and empowering law enforcement to keep our people safe from these crimes. the house republican bill owe mitts critical protections for native americans, for lgbt americans and for immigrants. furthermore, the house...
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let us not forget, mr. speaker, that it was republican hostage taking, the debt limit, in the 2011 that brought about the budget control act which created the sequester. speaker boehner himself after the deal creating the squerser -- sequester said, and i quote, about the budget control act, which included the sequester which faces us at the end of this month, when you look at this final agreement, he said, that we came to with the white house, i got 98% of what i wanted. now, let me again stress, many of us voted for this. for the past two years, however, the republican majority in this house has had our country lurching from one fiscal crisis to another. repeatedly, they've threatened to default on our obligations, slash spending in a meat ax way. they've undermined my view the growth of our economy and jobs and that's the view of c.b.o. as well, and they've put in question our commitment to investing in our defense and in job creation. in short, the republican majority, mr. speaker, in my opinion, in thi
let us not forget, mr. speaker, that it was republican hostage taking, the debt limit, in the 2011 that brought about the budget control act which created the sequester. speaker boehner himself after the deal creating the squerser -- sequester said, and i quote, about the budget control act, which included the sequester which faces us at the end of this month, when you look at this final agreement, he said, that we came to with the white house, i got 98% of what i wanted. now, let me again...
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with us. the lgbt community merits our consideration. i will not vote for the substitute. i support the lgbt community. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back of the the gentlelady from new york reserves. the gentleman from florida continues to reserve. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, i am pleased to yield three minutes to the gentleman from maryland to discuss the previous question, mr. van hollen, distinguished ranking member of the committee on the budget, from maryland. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank ranking member slaughter, and i hope tomorrow this house will finally have a chance to vote on the bipartisan senate bill to prevent violence against women. i hope tomorrow will also have a chance -- we'll also have a chance to vote on a proposal that we now have put forward three times this year to replace the sequester. unfortunately the rule reported o
with us. the lgbt community merits our consideration. i will not vote for the substitute. i support the lgbt community. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back of the the gentlelady from new york reserves. the gentleman from florida continues to reserve. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, i am pleased to yield three minutes to the gentleman from maryland to discuss the previous question, mr. van hollen, distinguished ranking member of the...
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, don't want to use, shouldn't use, and can't afford. i invite my colleagues, especially those on the other side of the aisle, to join us in getting real and getting specific. there is a clear path forward that should command the support of republicans and democrats alike to achieve fiscal stability. let's rein in outrageous crop insurance abuses. don't fight health care reform. accelerate it. the work we are doing in oregon if applied nationally could save uple to $1.5 trillion over the next 10 years. pay for the privilege of taking america's mineral wealth by reforming the mining act of 1872 and slash the fossilized nuclear weapons program. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california, ms. roybal-allard, for five minutes. without objection. ms. roybal-allard: mr. speaker, last week i introduced h.r. 498 to re-authorize the sober truth of preventive underage drinking act, better known as the stop act. the original stop act passed with bipartisan support in 2006. it was based on the recommendations of the
, don't want to use, shouldn't use, and can't afford. i invite my colleagues, especially those on the other side of the aisle, to join us in getting real and getting specific. there is a clear path forward that should command the support of republicans and democrats alike to achieve fiscal stability. let's rein in outrageous crop insurance abuses. don't fight health care reform. accelerate it. the work we are doing in oregon if applied nationally could save uple to $1.5 trillion over the next...